now, we're starting to get traction in the economy. the second half growth will be better than the first half and by the end of this year, i think things will look better than today. also, earnings have been flash for the past few quarters and will get traction and even weakness in the dollar will help on the earnings front. nol valuation but earnings front. there is a lot of capacity of different taypes in the labor market and we will have a tremendous boost to earnings and that will power the stock market. >> this is super important. there is no relationship whatsoever between the economy's growth rates and stock market performance. you need to look at china. the economy is growing 7-8% and the stock market fell last year. no relationship. the gdp measures the economy's output and stock market is measuring productivity. >> short term relationship. >> the stock market is the leading indicator -- >> i'm not saying it's not a leading indicator, the stock market can go down and vice-versa. >> i want to say for their record these guys seg